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Ghosthunting Virginia (America's Haunted Road Trip) | 
enlarge | Author: Michael J. Varhola Publisher: Clerisy Press Category: Book
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Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 208695
Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 256 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9 Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1578603277 Dewey Decimal Number: 133.109755 EAN: 9781578603275 ASIN: 1578603277
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Product Description
Virginia and the District of Columbia are fertile ground for serious and casual ghosthunters alike and have no shortage of venues for paranormal investigation — if visitors know where to look. Author Michael J. Varhola has spared no efforts to make Ghosthunting Virginia as useful a resource as possible for those interested in visiting haunted sites as he leads readers on a guided tour of the most haunted sites in the Old Dominion and the nation’s capital. A great many of these sites have some connection to the Colonial era or to the Civil War, two defining elements in the history of the region. Battlefields, cemeteries, tunnels, caves, bridges, haunted highways, inns and taverns, lighthouses, theatres, haunted cities like historic Winchester, Colonial Williamsburg, and Washington, D.C., and all manner of other eerie locales can be found in this novel and informative travel guide! It’s also perfect late-night reading for anyone who loves a good ghost story.
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I gave this book an extra point because November 12, 2008 it was written by an author who actually has writing ability and if the book contained any typos, I didn't notice them. When it comes to too many ghost books I've read lately, that hasn't been the case.
That being said, as one who lives in northern VA myself, I was disappointed that the author broke no new ground whatsoever. And Bunny Man bridge? That old Indian chief chestnut from Occoquan?? Come ON. There are plenty of old houses and buildings in this area - why do so many authors keep going back to the SAME places?
I buy ghost books to read about personally investigated accounts of ghosts. This book covered the "personally investigated" part well enough but the actual accounts part was lacking. I mean, I couldn't understand why his wife ever felt the need to stay in the car - in broad daylight no less. Strange "feelings" do not a decent ghost account make.
I'll buy his next book since I've also lived in MD, but I hope it's a bit more compelling than this one. Still, this is far from the worst ghost book I've read and it's a pleasant enough diversion for ghost book fans so if you are interested in ghost books, I think it's worth reading.
not bad but I wouldn't buy it again November 1, 2008 It's Halloween and I love Virginia so Ghosthunting in Virginia seemed like the perfect book to curl up with on a late October night. Well, it's not very scary. The stories are all told the same way : I went to the bad place, my wife stayed in the car, it felt creepy and later I had a spooky floating orb in the pictures I took and it wasn't my thumb or dust on the camera lens. That's pretty much it. I did enjoy the travel tips though. The next time I'm in the area I will go stay and eat at the Wayside Inn. I also came to admire the author's wife, Diane. She's obviously a good sport and has a sense of humor.
All in all, this is okay but nothing special. You'd be better off dusting off that old warhorse, L.B.Taylor or getting a copy of Dixie Spirits.
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